Oracle Linux: (CVE-2016-4302) ELSA-2016-1844: libarchive security update
7
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
09/12/2016
07/25/2018
09/12/2016
01/22/2018
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the parse_codes function in archive_read_support_format_rar.c in libarchive before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a RAR file with a zero-sized dictionary.
Solution(s)
- oracle-linux-upgrade-bsdcpio
- oracle-linux-upgrade-bsdtar
- oracle-linux-upgrade-libarchive
- oracle-linux-upgrade-libarchive-devel
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